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  1. Oliver Gilliland

    How to avoid overlap in Ashurst question?

    Does anyone have any advice on how to approach the "why us?" part of Ashurst covering letter? As the application also asks "How is Ashurst different to the other firms you have applied to? (250 words max)*" , which seems to overlap.
  2. Oliver Gilliland

    Insight Into Dentons Telephone Interview

    Does anybody have any insight into the structure of the telephone int? What to expect etc?
  3. Oliver Gilliland

    Any advice on how to prep for written exercises?

    I couldn't find any mock written exercises on assessmentday.com as I imagine they are quite firm specific, but wondered if anyone had any general advice?
  4. Oliver Gilliland

    Simmons & Simmons Application

    I am a little confused about this application. The website clearly states "We’ll ask you about your academics, work experience, interests and activities as well as your motivation for applying to us." However, when I go onto the summer vac scheme app the only sections I can find are work...
  5. Oliver Gilliland

    Mayer Brown - Application Advice

    I went to an open day at Mayer Brown today and even met some fellow TCLA members. I thought I'd quickly summarise they key points grad rec made for successful applications and insight into the AC/Interviews. Application Stylistically MB prefer the less subtle approach i.e talking about a...
  6. Oliver Gilliland

    White & Case video interview - commercial questions

    Wondered if anyone had any other commercial questions from the W & C video interview? I heard they had a set 24 questions they use for the entire video process(including competency and motivation) The ones ive seen: Talk about a recent article that interested you If you had a £1,000,000 where...
  7. Oliver Gilliland

    Why Law vs Why Commercial Law?

    If at a commercial firm you're simply asked 'why law?' opposed to 'why commercial law'? Is this asking for you general interest in the area/ why you went to study it at university? or should you just assume its meant as why commercial law even if it does not specify as such? ( I also assume many...
  8. Oliver Gilliland

    Please give details of any prizes, awards or stipends etc. you have won or been granted, numbering t

    Please give details of any prizes, awards or stipends etc. you have won or been granted, numbering them 1 to 5 (you need not include your degree here) This question is part of the Reed Smith app. I was just wondering giving the 'numbered' structure is this simply asking for a list of...
  9. Oliver Gilliland

    Anyone got any advice on how to tailor covering letters for paralegal/legal assistant positions?

    I feel like this isnt really discussed much post graduation , but I feel like the covering letters for these types of jobs differs from your typical Vac Scheme/TC aplication structure and would appreciate any insight?
  10. Oliver Gilliland

    Biggest weakness

    What sort of weakness do you people usually give for this? I found the whole giving a strength as a weakness approach (perfectionist etc) abit cringe and prefer using a small genuine weakness and talking about how your working on it?
  11. Oliver Gilliland

    An unusual experience I thought I'd share

    So I will keep the firm anonymous. But basically I had applied for a vac scheme + a few other careers events over a month ago and heard nothing back. Today , I messaged the grad rec on Facebook concerning the careers events, only as they were fast approaching and I wanted to book trains and...
  12. Oliver Gilliland

    How 'performance' impacts what we do and the way we work with clients?

    Came across this as part of a 300 words questions, performance being one of the firms core values. How 'performance' impacts what we do and the way we work with clients? I was curious as to what exactly people think 'performance' means in this context? I was thinking along the lines of...
  13. Oliver Gilliland

    How to approach "issues affecting the legal profession"

    I came across this question What current issues do you think have an impact on the legal profession? How will they impact and why? Is this looking for what will specifically affect the day to day practice of the legal profession such as A.I or fintech? or broader commercial issues that will...
  14. Oliver Gilliland

    What exactly are firms looking for in customer service questions

    I came across this question Please give an example of where you feel you have gone above and beyond the expected level of service with a customer or client? Or alternatively where you have received outstanding service. What makes you feel this was beyond the expected level? (300 words max)* Im...
  15. Oliver Gilliland

    How to approach this question concerning careers events

    I came across this question Excluding work experience, please detail all the events you have attended/organised which demonstrate your commitment to increasing your understanding of a career as a Solicitor. (250 words max)*? My issue is should I include careers events that arent specific to...
  16. Oliver Gilliland

    How to approach this aspect of a 'why us question' - Career ambitions

    I was doing the Macfarlanes app and as part of the pretty standard why us question they add "Please explain why you are applying to Macfarlanes and what your career ambitions are." What do you think this adds to the question/ how should it change the answer from the standard why us format?

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